Police in Thailand may be reported to an international regulator over the investigation of two Burmese men convicted of murdering British backpackers Hannah Witheridge and David Miller.
International legal and DNA forensic scientists have advised the defence team of the two Burmese, who were sentenced to death, to make a formal complaint and demand a retrial.
The bodies of Ms Witheridge, 23, and Mr Miller, 24, were found on the island of Koh Tao in September 2014.
The experts say at best the DNA investigation by the Thai Police Forensics Laboratory was incompetent with no chain of evidence or proper disclosure to the defence. The worst scenario is Zaw Lin and Wai Phyo were framed.
One of the team said: “I have spoken to the Australian Asia Pacific Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation which is willing to intervene. My feeling is the two young Burmese rather than being executed would be suing the authorities in a western country — and their lawyers should do that in Thailand.”
The body is able to suspend accreditation for all Thai laboratories until the matter is resolved.
The team has advised the defence lawyers to demand that the Thai Ministry of Public Health’s Bureau of Laboratory Quality Standards investigate.
